BBC Scotland news website

[sidjames]

My daughter has been taking a keen interest in news events in Scotland of late. (We live abroad) She keeps asking me which part of Edinburgh incidents or events have occurred when reading the reports on the BBC Scotland website. She then asked me, quite innocently, why any events always happened in a named district in Glasgow but not Edinburgh.

Sure enough i checked and found that to be the case. Edinburgh, seems to being treated as a small town where everyone will know where all the streets are. And if they dont well it's a wee place anyway. I decided to ask why on 3 occasions and have had no response.

My question is I suppose is there really an attempt by the Glasgow media to subtly try to proclaim the dominance of their city? I know in football terms there is not even an attempt to pretend otherwise. Maybe its just lazy arsed reporting to anything outside the Glasgow area.

And while on a petty rant WTF is that background all about on the news with the crane and some road traffic!:rolleyes: I was asked by by daughters boyfriend who watches tv to improve his english, "why is the news filmed in an industrial estate" why indeed.

[yeezus.]

My daughter has been taking a keen interest in news events in Scotland of late. (We live abroad) She keeps asking me which part of Edinburgh incidents or events have occurred when reading the reports on the BBC Scotland website. She then asked me, quite innocently, why any events always happened in a named district in Glasgow but not Edinburgh.

Sure enough i checked and found that to be the case. Edinburgh, seems to being treated as a small town where everyone will know where all the streets are. And if they dont well it's a wee place anyway. I decided to ask why on 3 occasions and have had no response.

My question is I suppose is there really an attempt by the Glasgow media to subtly try to proclaim the dominance of their city? I know in football terms there is not even an attempt to pretend otherwise. Maybe its just lazy arsed reporting to anything outside the Glasgow area.

And while on a petty rant WTF is that background all about on the news with the crane and some road traffic!:rolleyes: I was asked by by daughters boyfriend who watches tv to improve his english, "why is the news filmed in an industrial estate" why indeed.

I really don't like BBC Scotland. I find Reporting Scotland cringe-worthy and the website isn't much better. I live in Stranraer (as the profile would suggest) and there was a murder just outside our town in Cairnryan.

Reporting Scotland didn't send a journalist out or anything, it just got a brief mention. It's like anywhere outside Glasgow is a no-go area for their camera crews.

After the 6 o'clock news, I'm faced with two choices: watch ****ty Reporting Scotland and hear only about Glasgow, or watch ITV border news and year about Carlisle, Kendal and York!

[Beefster]

First Edinburgh story I looked at mentioned the street. A district isn't going to be as accurate as that.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21519017

It could come down to individual reporter styles but, without being cheeky, it's probably about the most trivial thing anyone's ever moaned about on here.

[lapsedhibee]

First Edinburgh story I looked at mentioned the street. A district isn't going to be as accurate as that.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21519017

It could come down to individual reporter styles but, without being cheeky, it's probably about the most trivial thing anyone's ever moaned about on here.

A bold claim. What about AOB wearing gloves?

[sidjames]

A bold claim. What about AOB wearing gloves?

You telling me I held the most trivial poster ever award for a couple of hours?:loser: First time i had been awarded anything since the scenery collapsed during a perfomance of Cabaret the musical (I was the assistant stage manager). It was down to me and at the post production party i was given a wooden spoon (with instructions where to insert it) for my efforts to turn a dramatic scene in to a complete farce.

[heretoday]

Is this the dawn of a big city/wee city saga?